Re: [nv-l] Teach me to fish

[James Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com>]

Have you looked at xnmsnmpconf to verify
that the community name NetView is using for you is the one you have defined
with read access in /etc/snmpd.conf?

James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group

"Stamper, Steve" <sstamper@foremost.com>
Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com

08/23/2004 08:45 AM

Please respond to
nv-l

To	"'nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com'" <nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com>
cc
Subject	[nv-l] Teach me to fish

I've got a rather strange problem and hopefully someone
can give me a clue where to start digging.

I have an AIX 5.1 system that has the NetView agent installed and working just fine.  The problem is that I am constantly (6-7 per minute) getting traps (RPT below) from this server.  I have run TCPDUMP (external and loopback) and verified that queries with the wrong community string are NOT coming in - hence it something internal to the box.  I have disabled the NetView agent and the problem continues.  I have disabled SNMP and of course it stops.  Hence it's something IN the box.  

Any idea how I can start digging into this problem?

Thanks
Steve

=== TRAP.RPT =========================================================
DESCRIPTION : Mon Aug 23 08:38:53 2004 puxbmra1        A IBM Incorrect
        Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap)
NOTES       :
INFO        :
               HOSTNAME   : puxbmra1
               ENTERPRISE : ibm 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.3.1.2.1.1.3
               GENERIC    : 4
               SPECIFIC   : 0
               LOGGEDTIME : 08/23/04 08:38:53
               SEVERITY   : Warning
               CATEGORY   : Node Configuration Events
               SOURCE     : Agent (A)